Contemporary waterfront apartments offer cosmopolitan city living with spectacular bay views. Inner city suburbs such as Newtown, Drumcondra,
East Geelong and Geelong West have character period homes just a 10 to 15 minute walk from central Geelong.

There are new residential estates in the southern suburbs with magnificent views across Geelong.

South of Geelong is the location of the Armstrong Creek Urban Growth area, which is a major development area that will set new benchmarks in sustainable living.

Armstrong Creek is ideally located just 10 minutes to the famous surf beaches at Torquay and 10 minutes from the centre of Geelong.

Picturesque rural land in areas such as Wallington, Bannockburn and Anakie is available within 25 minutes drive of central Geelong.

Coastal townships such as Ocean Grove, Barwon Heads, Portarlington, Queenscliff, Torquay and Jan Juc are a popular choice for executives who commute to Geelong or Melbourne daily.

Visitors to Geelong are often
surprised and delighted when
they find themselves on the city
waterfront. Over the past decade a
quiet transformation has taken place. The
result is a vibrant collection of restaurants,
landscaped gardens, walking, cycling and
skating paths, attractions and public art... READ MORE

If you ask Lyndsay Sharp, a director of successful winery Leura Park Estate, the Geelong wine region is an “uncut diamond”. And that unadulterated nature is one of the region’s biggest attractions... READ MORE

People often ask Brad Ivens why he doesn’t move
to Melbourne. But the 33-year old senior tax
manager at Ernst & Young wonders how people
live in Melbourne. “I just couldn’t see myself living up
there again,” he says... READ MORE

In recent times, the Geelong region has
become a seachange haven, but moving
from the capital city does not mean
a life with little entertainment – the
area has become a major events mecca... READ MORE

Dr David Unkenstein, a general
practitioner at Drysdale Clinic, has
been working in the area since 1989.
He settled in the Geelong region because
of the positive experience he had there as a
medical student and his desire to move into
general practice... READ MORE

The knitting tram conductor
slowly draws on her cigarette.
It’s almost as if this beautifully
rendered woman, once a piece
of timber in a now-demolished city pier
and today one of Geelong’s foreshore
bollards, is admiring the finely chiselled
physiques of the lifesavers and bathing
beauties on nearby bollards... READ MORE

Expanding health and research facilities are making the Geelong region attractive to a growing number of professionals.

Geelong could be a serious biotechnology hub and a competitive region worldwide if it attracts the right companies and staff, says the head of Geelong pharmaceutical development company ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals... READ MORE